Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said that the alleged adulteration of Tirumala laddu prasadam is a grave offence against devotees’ faith and asserted that no report has given a clean chit to YSRCP in the matter. Speaking to the media after an NDA leaders’ meeting at the CM’s Camp Office, the Chief Minister said the issue is directly linked to public sentiments. “Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy is the family deity of my household,” Naidu said, alleging that sacrilege of the Lord’s prasadam took place during the previous YSRCP regime. Recalling his long association with Tirumala, the Chief Minister said the Pranadanam programme was launched at Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) in 2003 and that he survived a claymore mine attack involving 23 mines purely by the grace of the Lord. “That was a rebirth granted to me by Lord Venkateswara,” he said. The Chief Minister alleged that despite clear warnings from Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) in 2022 about adulteration, the report was suppressed and no action was taken. After assuming office, as part of a comprehensive clean-up, his government collected laddu samples and sent them to National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) for testing. Referring to the SIT and laboratory reports, he said ghee was prepared using chemicals and palm oil, and other adulteratants calling it a grave wrongdoing and an after Tehran requested that the venue be shifted from Istanbul, Iranian state broadcaster Press TV reported. Earlier Iranian media said the discussions would be limited strictly to Iran’s peaceful nuclear energy programme and the removal of sanctions, with no scope for raising other matters, a position Tehran has consistently maintained. Araghchi is expected to lead the Iranian delegation, joined by senior diplomats Majid Takht-Ravanchi and Kazem Gharibabadi.